The Codfish Shanty

This shanty is a variant of "South Australia."
According to Joanna Colcord, "The words are a rough
jest at the expense of sailors who might hail from
the fishing towns, and any such towns, from Cape Cod
to St. John, were substituted in the words given
below."

Lyrics from Songs of
American Sailormen, by Joanna Colcord

Glo'ster girls they
have no combs,Heave away, heave away!
They comb their hair with codfish bones,We're bound for South Australia.